2.2.1

Fixes

• The page no longer jumps when you mark a video as watched, open one, or come back to the tab.

Full Changelog: 2.2.0...2.2.1

2.2.0

Features

• Add a single video by pasting its YouTube link (or its id) in the Add dialog, even from a channel you don't follow. It keeps its real publish date, and shorts added this way are shown.

Full Changelog: 2.1.1...2.2.0

2.1.1

Fixes

• Marking a video as watched with the mouse no longer highlights the next video. Moving to the next video is still there when you use the keyboard (j/k, w, Enter).

Full Changelog: 2.1.0...2.1.1

2.1.0

What's new

• With many channels the channel chips above the videos no longer take over the page: they stay within three rows, always including the channel you're filtering by, and the rest sit behind a +N more chip that shows the full list.

Full Changelog: 2.0.0...2.1.0

2.0.0

⚠️ Breaking change: one container instead of two

The React frontend and its nginx container are gone. The UI is now a single static page served by the backend, so the whole app is one image on one port:

	1.x	2.0
Images	ytrss-frontend + ytrss-backend	ghcr.io/m4rc02u1f4a4/ytrss
Ports	8080 (UI) + 5001 (API)	8080 (UI and API)
Config	REACT_APP_API_BASE_URL pointing at the API	nothing, UI and API share the same address

ytrss-frontend and ytrss-backend will not receive further updates.

Upgrading from 1.x

Your data is kept: the database container and the ./docker_db volume do not change.

1. Replace your docker-compose.yml with the new one and copy your G_API_KEY into it. If you prefer to edit yours:
   • delete the frontend service and the REACT_APP_API_BASE_URL variable;
   • rename the backend service to app, use image ghcr.io/m4rc02u1f4a4/ytrss:latest and port 8080:8080 (port 5001 is no longer used);
   • in updater, set APP_URL: http://app:8080 and copy the new command (it uses wget, so it no longer installs curl at every start).
2. Apply it, removing the old frontend container:

   docker compose pull
   docker compose up -d --remove-orphans

3. If a reverse proxy sits in front, point it at port 8080 only and drop the route to 5001.
4. On Kubernetes: a single Deployment and Service on port 8080. The scheduled jobs can be CronJobs instead of the updater pod, see the README.

What's new

• New interface: total time left to watch, a bar showing the whole queue, channel filter, videos grouped by day, "mark as watched" with undo, keyboard shortcuts (j / k / w / Enter), a layout designed for phones and an automatic light theme.
• Much lighter "All videos" page: thumbnails are smaller, load only as you scroll, and off-screen cards are not drawn. Opening it no longer downloads every thumbnail at full resolution.
• Videos open in the YouTube app on phones, and the list refreshes when you come back to the page.
• No npm dependencies left: this closes all the open Dependabot pull requests on the frontend.

Fixes

• Channel search works with any text: before, &, / and similar characters broke it.
• "Duration of videos to watch" no longer counts hidden shorts.
• Channels that hide their subscriber count can be added.
• Errors are reported: the API answers with a real HTTP error code instead of OK, and the UI shows the message. For example, an invalid API key or a used-up daily quota is now reported as such.
• Statistics no longer fail on a fresh install.
• Calls to YouTube have a timeout, so a slow response can no longer block the app.
• Updates use much less YouTube API quota: videos and channels are requested 50 at a time, and only videos up to 3 minutes long are checked for being shorts.

Behaviour changes

• Watched videos are kept for 30 days from when you watch them (before: 30 days from when they were published). Videos watched before the upgrade still follow the old rule.
• Hidden shorts are deleted after 30 days. Before, they piled up in the database forever.
• Channel logos are stored at 240 px instead of 800 px. Existing ones update at the next channel refresh.
• API changes, if you call it from scripts:
  • search moved from /search/<query> to /search?q=<query> and returns the list of results directly;
  • errors use HTTP status codes (400, 404, 409, 502…);
  • videos no longer store a thumbnail field.

Under the hood

• Python 3.14, Flask 3.1, gunicorn 26 and pymongo 4.18, with pinned versions. The container runs as a non-root user.
• flask-cors was removed: UI and API are now served from the same address, so CORS is no longer needed.
• A single GitHub Actions job builds and publishes the image.

1.3.0

Full Changelog: 1.2.2...1.3.0

1.2.2

What's Changed

• Bump ejs from 3.1.9 to 3.1.10 in /frontend by @dependabot in #6
• Bump follow-redirects from 1.15.4 to 1.15.6 in /frontend by @dependabot in #7
• Bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 in /frontend by @dependabot in #9
• Bump micromatch from 4.0.5 to 4.0.8 in /frontend by @dependabot in #11
• build(deps): bump cross-spawn from 7.0.3 to 7.0.6 in /frontend by @dependabot in #16
• build(deps): bump http-proxy-middleware from 2.0.6 to 2.0.7 in /frontend by @dependabot in #17
• build(deps): bump rollup from 2.79.1 to 2.79.2 in /frontend by @dependabot in #19

New Contributors

• @dependabot made their first contribution in #6

Full Changelog: 1.2.1...1.2.2

1.2.1

What's Changed

• Update NavBar.jsx by @AndreaF17 in #4

New Contributors

• @AndreaF17 made their first contribution in #4

Full Changelog: 1.2.0...1.2.1

1.2.0

What's Changed

• Channel modal by @M4RC02U1F4A4 in #3

Full Changelog: 1.1.2...1.2.0

1.2.0-beta4

Full Changelog: 1.2.0-beta3...1.2.0-beta4